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I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions / incomplete

statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the

correct alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of

alphabet. 4×1=4

1. Read the given conversation and choose the language function for the
underlined sentence :

Sharath : Who is your favourite cricketer ?

Bharath : Sachin Tendulkar

Sharath : Why do you like him ?

Bharath : He is called ‘God of cricket’. He scored the highest

number of centuries.

Sharath : Do you know to play cricket ?

Bharath : Yes sure. I can play very well.

(A) order (B) seeking permission

(C) ability (D) suggestion

2. Read the following conversation and fill in the blank choosing the most
appropriate words :

Prisha : Why are you looking very sad ?

Asha : I couldn’t go to my school trip

Prisha : If your parents had earned enough money,

they ................. sent you.

(A) will (B) would

(C) will have (D) would have

3. Read the following and choose the infinitive :

Jyothi prepared to answer all the questions correctly.

(A) prepared (B) to answer

(C) questions (D) correctly

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4. Fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb :

Shamitha ....................... her mind to join the Indian army.

(A) brought up (B) made up

(C) gave in (D) set out

II. Do as directed : 12 × 1 = 12

5. Which one of the following words has two syllables ?

steel, clean, film, feature

6. Combine the word in Column-A with its collocative word in Column-B :

‘A’ ‘B’

Hand [ man, arm, bag, wrist ]

7. Fill in the blank using the correct article :

Geeta comes from ....................... poor family.

8. Fill in the blank using a suitable linker :

I didn’t know him ...................... I refused to talk to him.

9. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition :

She went to hospital ...................... her parents.

10. Fill in the blank with the appropriate tense form of the verb given in
brackets :

The committee .................... ( be + discuss ) the issue yesterday.

11. Add a suitable question tag to the following sentence :

Vinutha broke all the records,

12. Use the word ‘run’ as noun in a sentence.

13. Combine the sentences using too ..... to :

Meera is very short. She can’t reach the switch.

14. Change into comparative degree :

Darren is the most intelligent student in our school.

15. Change into passive voice :

Vinay broke all the records.

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16. Read the following conversation and change the underlined sentence into
reported speech :

Dad : Where is our son, Rakesh ?

Mom : He is playing with his friends in the neighbourhood now.

Dad : Has he informed you ?

Mom : Yes, he informs me everyday.

Mom replied .........................................................................

......................................................................................... .

III. The following paragraph has two errors. Edit the paragraph and rewrite it in
the answer book : 1×2=2

17. As baleshwar boarded the train home, he pondared over his future.

a) Capital letter mistake to be corrected

b) Spelling mistake to be corrected.

IV. Answer the following questions in 2 – 3 sentences each : 7 × 2 = 14

18. Baleshwar Mishra had a good memory. Give examples.

19. How did the old man greet the people who had been waiting for him ?

20. How can we prove that Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was a prominent champion of
the depressed classes in India ?

21. How is pursuit of science, an exciting adventure ?

22. The poet is unsure about his return from the space. Give examples.

23. Why did Mr. Patil help Mohan’s family ?

OR

How did Dicky Dolma feel after scaling the Mt. Everest ?

24. Hanief was an allrounder. Justify.

OR

Why do you think, Wangjia went in search of the bird of happiness ?

V. Answer the following questions in 5 – 6 sentences each : 2×3=6

25. Narrate the incident that inspired Sathish to become an artist.

26. Jazz player was an outstanding musician but a pathetic figure. Explain.
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VI. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow :

4 × 3 = 12

27. “Can I have a lamp burning in the room ?”

a) Who is the ‘I’ here ?
b) Who was it asked to ?

c) Why did the speaker want a lamp burning ?

28. “A walk in the park might make you feel better.”
a) Who made this statement ?

b) Whom was this said ?

c) Why did the speaker suggest this ?
29. “What ! Does the child stand between me and death ?”

a) Who asked this question ?

b) Who is the ‘child’ mentioned here ?
c) What does the speaker mean here ?
30. “Is there no song that I can sing of you ?”
a) Who does ‘I’ refer to ?
b) Whom did the speaker say this ?
c) Why did the speaker say so ?
VII. Given below is a profile of Lal Bahadur Shastry. Write a paragraph using the
clues given below : 1×3=3
31. Birth : October 2nd, 1904
Place of birth : Mughalsarai
Education : Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith 1925
Spouse : Lalitha Shastry
Parents : Sharada Prasad and Ramdulari Devi

Achievements : Participated in Indian Independence

movement in 1920 onwards
Position : Second Prime Minister of independent

India in 1964
Died : January 11th, 1966 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Awards : Bharat Ratna

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VIII. Develop the story using the clues given below : 1×3=3

32. A silly shephered boy — rearing sheep in woods — wants to check —

villagers nearby — cries ‘wolf-wolf’ — villagers came to help — boy laughs

— this repeated few times — villagers decided — not to respond any more

— one day — the wolf comes — boy feared — cried for help — villagers

didn’t come for help — wolf attacked the sheep

IX. Study the picture given below :

33. Write a description or an account of what the picture suggests to you in a

paragraph. 1×3=3

Alternative question for Visually impaired candidates only. ( In lieu of

Q. No. 33 )

Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences of your own : 3×1=3

a) look into

b) set up

c) run after.
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X. Quote from memory : 1×4=4

34. It is enthroned ..............................................

.....................................................................

.....................................................................

.............................................. seasons justice.

OR

You talk of ....................................................

......................................................................

......................................................................

........................................................ or night.

XI. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :

1×4=4(2×2)

35. In every country, people imagine that they are the best and the cleverest
and others are not so good as they are. The Englishman thinks that he
and his country are the best ; the Frenchman is very proud of France and
everything French. The Germans and Italians think no less of their
countries and many Indians imagine that India is in many ways the
greatest country in the world. This is wrong. Everybody wants to think well
of himself and his country. But really there is no person who has not got
some good and bad qualities. In the same way there is no country which is
not partly good and partly bad. We must take the good wherever we find it
and try to remove the bad wherever it may be.

We are of course, most concerned with our country, India. Unhappily, it is

in a bad way today. Most of our people are poor and unhappy. They have
no joy in their lives. We have to find out how we can make them happier.
We have to see what is good in our ways and customs and try to keep it,
and whatever is bad we have to throw away. If we find anything good in
other countries, we should certainly take it.

a) What should we do to make our people happier ?

b) What do people think about themselves and others in every country ?

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XII. Answer the following question in about 8 – 10 sentences : 1×4=4

36. How did the grandma get her wish of living in the tree house fulfilled ?

OR

How does the mother earth express her emotions in the poem “I am the
Land” ?

OR

The sailors regained their confidence to overcome the dangerous storm in

the poem “Ballad of Tempest”. Interpret.

XIII. Write an essay on any one of the following : 1×4=4

37. a) Importance of physical exercises

b) Internet

c) Need of Moral Education.

XIV. Write a letter using the information given below : 1×5=5

38. Imagine you are Manikya / Manjula Govt. High School, Kundopura.

Write a letter to your father inviting him to parents’ meeting at your

school.

OR

Write a letter to the postmaster of your locality complaining to him / her

about the delay in delivery of letters to you.